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Transportation Enhancement Activities
Transportation Enhancement Activities
Expanding transportation choices, increasing
recreation opportunity and access, revitalizing
economies.
Expanding transportation choices, increasing
recreation opportunity and access, revitalizing
economies.
Transportation EnhancementsTransportation Enhancements
• 12 eligible categories for projects that relate to surface transportation.
• Funds are 10% of STP (including Equity Bonus thru STP): about $800 million per year.
• Federal share is 80% (with sliding scale).
• 12 eligible categories for projects that relate to surface transportation.
• Funds are 10% of STP (including Equity Bonus thru STP): about $800 million per year.
• Federal share is 80% (with sliding scale).
Transportation Enhancement Activities
Transportation Enhancement Activities
Eligible Activities• Pedestrian and bicycle
facilities.• Pedestrian and bicyclist
education.• Acquisition of scenic or
historic easements or sites.
• Scenic or historic highway programs including tourist and welcome centers.
Eligible Activities• Pedestrian and bicycle
facilities.• Pedestrian and bicyclist
education.• Acquisition of scenic or
historic easements or sites.
• Scenic or historic highway programs including tourist and welcome centers.
Eligible TE ActivitiesEligible TE Activities
• Landscaping and scenic beautification• Historic preservation• Rehabilitation and operation of
historic transportation buildings, structures, or facilities (including historic railroad facilities and canals)
• Preservation of abandoned railway corridors: Rails-to-Trails.
• Landscaping and scenic beautification• Historic preservation• Rehabilitation and operation of
historic transportation buildings, structures, or facilities (including historic railroad facilities and canals)
• Preservation of abandoned railway corridors: Rails-to-Trails.
Eligible TE ActivitiesEligible TE Activities
• Inventory, control, and removal of outdoor advertising.
• Archaeological planning and research.• Environmental mitigation for water
pollution from highway runoff, and to reduce vehicle-caused wildlife mortality and maintain habitat connectivity.
• Transportation museums.
• Inventory, control, and removal of outdoor advertising.
• Archaeological planning and research.• Environmental mitigation for water
pollution from highway runoff, and to reduce vehicle-caused wildlife mortality and maintain habitat connectivity.
• Transportation museums.
Who to call?Who to call?• Each State has its own TE process.• Contact your State DOT
Transportation Enhancement Program Manager: see www.enhancements.org.
• States are encouraged to use qualified youth service and conservation corps.
• Repeat: TE projects must relate to surface transportation.
• Each State has its own TE process.• Contact your State DOT
Transportation Enhancement Program Manager: see www.enhancements.org.
• States are encouraged to use qualified youth service and conservation corps.
• Repeat: TE projects must relate to surface transportation.
For more information:For more information:State TE Manager contacts:
www.enhancements.org• National TE oversight:
Christopher DouwesTrails and Enhancements Program
[email protected]; fax 202-366-3409
State TE Manager contacts: www.enhancements.org
• National TE oversight:Christopher DouwesTrails and Enhancements Program
[email protected]; fax 202-366-3409